--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Lambourne, Alfred collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 21 number: 2 published: 1917-12 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Alfred Lambourne, "Christmas 1917," *Improvement Era* 21, no. 2 (December 1917): 112–113.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2102unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2102unse start_page: 112 end_page: 113 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-12) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2102unse publication_year: 1917 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Christmas 1917 : 1 ; HIIIIII INI lllll llll Ill > II rllUKIIITIIIIIIIMl 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 £ jj I I ' ' 1 1 1 Lo, once again has come His day of Birth, The Gentle One, whom Prince of Peace we name And yet red war is master of the earth, The sword and torch advance in blood and flame. Far now the time when Christ hung on the Cross, When down his cheek the tears of sorrow ran, And yet the tides of battle rage and toss. The fear of man is still his brother man. Lo, on this day, as on that day long past, Is greed of power, ambition's lust and pride, — II II 'I ' I I - 1 : 1 I ' i ' ' 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 It 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 MM 1 1 M 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 < 1 1 ! M. 1 1 < I' 1 1 1 ' MM M I ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .- : 'lllllllllll'IIMIIIIIIIIIIIIimmilllllllllMlllllllllllllllimillllllllllMI III Mill III iiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ And love and mercy were to darkness cast, As grappled men in stubborn hate have died Great Teacher, in thy word the soul can tell The peace to follow this grim reign of hell! Alfred Lambourne. iiiiiiiiiimmiiiiniiiiiinimi iiiiiiiitmiiiiiininiiii mini i i minnimiini iiiiiiiiinmiiiiiii iiiik iiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimi